Of all the niches in photography, there’s nothing as enigmatic as architectural photography. Be it skyscrapers or minute decorative details, there’s plenty to keep you occupied for hours.
To prove this statement, we have collected 31 of the most influential architecture photographers from across Instagram. You’ll see why they’re worth a follow!
What is Architecture Photography?
Architecture photographyis a niche that focuses on capturing buildings, monuments, and structures.
It lacks dynamics in the classical sense, but that doesn’t mean these photos have to be boring. Here the emphasis is on playing with composition, lighting, contrast and textures.
由于您不太可能移动建筑物，因此摄影师必须应对这种情况。这需要直观的眼睛以及正确的相机设置的知识。
The Most Influential Architecture Photographers
Let’s take a look at the work of these amazing artists!
Fernando Guerra
Fernando is a professional architect. Unsurprising that his photography lends an unconventional perspective of the focal building. He takes a conscious approach to architecture photography and revers the structure and purpose of each subject. He often includes humans in his scenes, to show the dramatic difference in scale.
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Tekla Evelina Severin
Tekla is a colourist, designer, and photographer. She takes innovative and colourful architecture photos, reflecting a sense of playfulness. She notices the little things that can spice photos up, such as pieces of furniture, colourful props, and other artsy details.
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Karen Vikke
Karen is a DanishminimalistUrban摄影师，她仅与iPhone合作捕获令人惊叹的图像。她的图像中脱颖而出的是天空与建筑物之间的对比。她使用鲜艳的色彩来突出最普通的建筑物的美丽和嬉戏性。
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José Luis Sáez
José, like the previous artist on this list, is also an iPhone photographer. He takes black and white photos to highlight contrast and textures. His images look mysterious, with the added element of human silhouettes. He uses leading lines and various perspectives to guide his audience through his photos.
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Pascal Krumm
Who said that architecture photography has to be boring? Pascal has a talent for finding splendid views and colourful subjects, creating vibrant images full of life. He often poses models in front of the buildings, adding movement to the pictures. He is also a director of music videos. We recommend checking out his YouTube channel!
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Paul Eis
Paul is a young visual artist from Germany best known for his colourful architecture makeover series. He realised that he finds grey buildings boring, so he adds colour to them in Photoshop. This results in a happy and playful appearance. Paul’s unique technique is one of a kind in the world of architectural photography.
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Marcus Wagner
Marcus is a part of the Aesthetic Inspiration community which promotes aspiring artists and shares their work. He captures shapes and repetition in his images, often focusing onstaircases和其他圆形形式。他经常在照片中包括模特。我们喜欢静态建筑物和移动人类之间的鲜明对比。
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Chris Hytha
Chris is an architecture student, who embarked on architectural photography while studying. He works to detailed and precise sketches of buildings, which help him focus on the details when taking pictures. By posing people in his photos, and using various dynamic compositional techniques, Chris has images full of movement and life.
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Clemente Vergara
Clemente is an architecture photographer based in Barcelona. Hie experiments with shapes and patterns to create engaging and dynamic compositions. To capture that modern and refined edge, he uses perspective and leading lines to mesmerise the viewer.
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Matthieu Venot
Matthieu is an engineer and musician, who has been a photographer since 2014. He has developed his own style, focusing on architectural angles, which result in abstract geometric images. He uses the clear sky as an element of composition in his photos. The bright blue sky usually contrasts the vibrant colour of the buildings he is framing.
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Jeanette Hägglund
Jeanette is currently working in several fields of photography, from advertising to fashion to products. Her architecture photos are a favourite with several agencies and companies like Apple. She aims to find new angles and possibilities in every subject, thus creating colourful and high-contrast architecture images.
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Karina Castro
Apart from taking architecture photos, Karina also likes to create images that revolve around socio-political issues. She uses her work to visually analyse the space, filling the frame with mindfully composed elements. She is often collaborating with architects and publishers, as well as holding exhibitions.
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Kyle Jeffers
Kyle is a portrait and architecture photographer, who’s also into still life. He has many photo series based on various topics, such as manufactured sculptures or warplanes. His architecture photos are bright and simple, using the distinct line between the sky and the building as a source of contrast.
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JAG Studio
JAG Studio is an organisation that offers photography services for architects and interior designers. They collaborate to document the design process work and create new perspectives. Many of their photos capture contemporary residences and offices. Their images often feature in advertisements.
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Chak Kit
Chak is a photographer and visual artist, focusing on artistic architecture photography. He notices and emphasises the patterns in his surroundings. He conjures images that get their dynamics from the repetitive forms and shapes. He also likes to capture people in his photos, creating minimalistic figures in front of his subjects.
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Zsolt Hlinka
Zsolt is a Hungarian photographer with a strong portfolio in architecture, interior, and real estate photos. He usessymmetry和geometryto create balance in his pictures. He does commissions for clients and takes photos of urban life. Zsolt has won several awards in the field of urban and architectural photography. His work has been featured in exhibitions worldwide.
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Andy Hendrata
If you are looking for urban architecture photos that show symmetry and patterns, you will love Andy’s profile! His images capture reflections and other balanced compositional elements. He often includes models in his images, somewhat breaking the symmetry of the buildings.
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玛塔·费雷拉（Marta Ferreira）
Marta is a minimalist urban architect and artist who frames the sophisticated beauty in the inanimate world around us. She uses colours and shapes as the main elements in her pictures, usually working with pastel tones. She likes to include humans in her photos, which humanises the bright tones of the buildings she takes photographs.
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Mark Fearnley
Mark is a UK-based fine-art street photographer, who often dabbles in architectural photos. He started as an interior decorative artist and slowly transitioned to painting on canvas and taking photographs. He uses humans as a key element of his photos, often bringing emotions into his black and white images.
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马库斯·塞德伯格
马克斯是一个瑞典的摄影师。极简主义在他art, he creates meaningful shots using as few elements as possible. He often experiments with windows and staircases in his images. His images are exhibited in Stockholm, Hong Kong, Rome, and other cities worldwide.
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Varun Thota
Varun stands out as an architectural photographer. He often works withdrones这导致了雄伟的全景。他有背景。他使用摄影来激发自己的创造力并制作具有视觉吸引力的图像。他还与Uber和UBS等品牌合作。
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Inge Schuster
Inge transforms architecture into an art form. She has an eye for extraordinary compositions. Many of her images are black and white but she also likes to play with colours- at times including one or two accent tones in one picture. She often includes humans assilhouettesto make her photos even more eye-catching.
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Kan Kankavee
Kan是来自泰国的街道，旅行和建筑摄影师。他定期使用鸟类视野从异常的角度捕捉整个场景。他的图像充满了生命，通常在他的镜框中包括人类。他还玩leading lines和long exposure photography给他的图像额外的Zing。
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Andria Darius Pancrazi
Andria has a minimalistic and dreamy style of architecture photography. He takes photos of individual houses and then goes crazy colouring them. You can identify his photos by the signature warm pink which adds atmosphere to his images. He also often plays with shadows of organic objects on architectural facades.
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Xiao Han
Xiao is a Shanghai-based visual artist who creates dynamic yet refined architecture photos. What makes her images unique is that she includes herself in most of them, as an element. She’s particularly gifted with harmonising the various colours and forms of the buildings she shoots.
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Helin Bereket
Helin是一位建筑师，在研究建筑与艺术之间的联系时陷入摄影。她与三星，尼康或奥迪等品牌合作。她的风格具有很高的创造力和创新性，因为她发现在每个环境中都值得捕捉的东西。
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托尼·斯塔德勒（Toni Stadler）
Toni is a photographer and traveller from Berlin, who takes images of details that most people cease to notice. Whether it is underground tunnels, staircases, or building constructions, Toni knows how to bring the most of each subject. He likes to include humans and animals in his photos to create a sense of motion.
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Jeroen Peters
Jeroen is a Dutch photographer who is aiming to combine architecture withminimalism. He loves focusing on structures and patterns, and he uses colours very mindfully, only including a selection of them in each picture. His favourite subjects are abstract and modern buildings as these best serve his minimalistic style.
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Kallel Trevenzoli Gomes
Kallel Brasilian创意摄影师是谁also an imaginative storyteller. His approach to architecture photography making the buildings appear like they have emerged from a flat-screen. He uses movement and dynamic compositions to create an active atmosphere in his images.
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Vesa Pihanurmi
Vesa is a Finnish multi-award-winning photographer, whose work has been published and exhibited several times. He specialises in architecture and street photos and creates an atmosphere that is somewhat foggy and gloomy. He excels at creating minimalistic fine art photographs.
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古斯塔沃·罗梅罗（Gustavo Romeiro）
Gustavo is a Brazilian product designer and architecture photographer currently located in Portugal. He has held many exhibitions in his home town, Rio de Janeiro. He’s best known for his spectacular black and white architecture photos. We love how he creates a contrast between the background and his subject. Gustavo has a keen eye for details- a quality that goes a long way in this niche!
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Conclusion
Architecture photography is not as popular a niche astravel或者portrait photography.
However, if you take a look at the work of these amazing artists, you will learn many ways of making mundane objects appear majestic.
We hope that this list will inspire you and bring out theinfluential photographerin you.
Do you agree with our list? Drop us a comment with your favourite architecture photographer under this post!
We are always on the lookout for exciting new photographers. If you are an architecture photographer, and you feel like you should be considered this list, make sure to drop us an email atemma@www.baleo-france.comwith your bio, website, and Instagram link!
